b'100685685SUROMO DARPOSAWEGO (INDONESIAN, 1919-2003) (1875-1936) and made paintings. glass, murals, and ceramics.General Sudirman and Troops in the Mountains duringSuromo was a member of the Persatoean Indonesian Image the Indonesian Revolution Experts (PERSAGI) in 1937, and participated in an exhibition at the Batavian Circle of Art.c1950s oil on board in hand-finished stucco frame, During the independence war years (1945-1949), Suromo was signed lower right, 75.5 x 163cm. active as an artist and also active in writing. In the magazine General of the Army Raden Soedirman was a high-rankingMimbar Indonesia in 1949, he wrote about the technique of Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian Nationalpainting as an expression that was influenced by circumstances Revolution. The first commander of the Indonesian Nationalin an era. According to him, the important thing about painting Armed Forces, he continues to be widely respected inwas to completely empty the heart of the artist. When most the country. artists moved to Yogyakarta, the capital of the Indonesian In December 1948, several days after Sudirmans releaseGovernment during the war, Suromo went to Solo and joined from hospital where he had been treated for TB, the Dutchthe Division IV Military Information Centre. In 1946 he became launched an assault on the capital. Sudirman and a smalla member of the Indonesian Artists Movement (SIM) in Solo, contingent escaped Dutch forces and left the city, makingand then moved to Yogyakarta. From 1948 to 1949 he joined their headquarters at Sobo. There Sudirman commandedthe magazine Artists and in 1950 became the chairman of the military activities throughout Java, including a show of forceSurakarta Cultural Association. He taught at the Indonesian in Yogyakarta on 1 March 1949. When the Dutch beganAcademy of Fine Arts in Yogyakarta in 1951. Suromo made many withdrawing, in July 1949 Sudirman was recalled to Yogyakartawoodcuts graphic works about daily life and peoples struggles. and forbidden to fight further. In late 1949 his tuberculosisIn 1956 he was awarded by the National Musjawarat Culture relapsed, and he retired to Magelang, where he died slightlyAgency for his graphic artworks. He participated in several group more than a month after the Dutch recognised Indonesiasexhibitions and held a solo exhibition at the Lontar Gallery in independence. He is buried at Semaki Heroes CemeteryJakarta in 1998. His work is represented in several important in Yogyakarta. public and private collections. His early paintings rarely appear on The artist, Suromo Darposawego was born in Surakarta (Solo),the market. Suromo died in Yogyakarta on January 24, 2003.in 1919. He began drawing for architect Robert Deppe in Batavia$15,00020,000(Jakarta) in 1940. He also studied painting with Mas Pirngadie'